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My mother was having severe UTI a month ago. She was given antibiotics as per the Urine Culture for around 21 days. Then the Urine routine report was normal. But fever was not getting aside. So we did some tests again.Results are:
ESR is normal
WBC in blood 10.8
WBC in urine 15-20
Typhoid Not Detected
Malaria Not Detected
Bilirubin total 1.7
Urine Culture report awaited
Please give your opinion
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Recurrent UTI means we should rule out her sugar levels whether she is diabetic or not ...get her kidney function test KFT and repeat urine cultures form another lab ...nothing to worry UTI is more common in females ..if possible get ultrasound abdomen and start injectable antibiotics by consulting near by doctor or online consultation with reports
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Repeat urike culture and KFT and ultrasound abdomen
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Esr is normal & wbc count towards the higher side.. wonder if there is any local cause to it... hygienic practices shd be maintained.. plenty of water will help... take other doctor opinion
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Consult with doctor with all reports
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I would like to see those reports. Wbc's in urine is slightly raised which may be the cause. Ask her to drink plenty of water.
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you can consult me online with the reports for further treatment
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Dr. Emad Mohammed
General Physician
8 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Hi, antibiotic course for 21 days is very unusual. For such severe infection to occur there should also be some underlying problem which should also be addressed along with treating the infection. Either the culture report was wrong or the antibiotics that were given when were not adequate.
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1.Ask your treating doctor for the reason behind the fever and the source of infection. Sometimes non infectious source of fever do occur such as antibiotics themselves can cause fever.
2. Find is adequate nutrition is provided or not, because most elderly are malnourished and infections warrants good nutritional support for rapid recovery.
3. Ask your treating doctor what is the underlying problem that actually caused her uti. Is diabetes or any other health related issue that makes her prone for severe infections.
4. Always ask and clarify the evidences based on which the doctor is making decisions. If he is unable to provide you evidences and guidelines then he is not a capable doctor.
5. If things do not seem to settle consult a doctor specialised in infectious diseases.
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Dr. Sujitkumar Deshmukh
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22 yrs exp
Pune
No need to worry
It can be cured
You can consult me online
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